Get to know your environment and its animal kingdom

We offer a timely reminder for seasonal visitors making their annual returns: When it comes to birds and other animals, it's a jungle out there, and a little knowhow and common sense can help us all get along.

Joanna Fitzgerald, the director of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic, gives us helpful tips on how to do that in our newspaper every Monday in the Community section. Case by case, Fitzgerald goes over what he staff sees each week. She shows how much damage can be done by people and their cars; the success stories that are possible when citizens and professionals work together; and how the public can help, starting with calling the clinic with concerns and questions, 239-262-2273, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. More information is available on the Conservancy's website at Conservancy.org.

Get to know your environment and its animal kingdom. Fitzgerald helps.